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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2011
George Rowan Silliman, Rensselaer, NY (US);
James Leo Gauthier, Spring, TX (US);
Andre Jonathan Filiatrault, Spring, TX (US);
Richard John Bever, Delanson, NY (US);
George Rowan Silliman, Rensselaer, NY (US);
James Leo Gauthier, Spring, TX (US);
Andre Jonathan Filiatrault, Spring, TX (US);
Richard John Bever, Delanson, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An alignment tool for use in inspecting a ring gear of a gearbox. The ring gear includes an outer surface and a plurality of gear teeth extending radially inwardly from the outer surface. The alignment tool includes a support member that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The support member is removably mountable to the ring gear outer surface such that the leading edge is oriented substantially parallel to a forward surface of the ring gear. A guide member extends outwardly from the support member. The guide member includes a guide edge that is oriented with respect to a centerline of a gear tooth.